Episode 1
Hart & Papineau
1995-05-22 • 1 min
The efforts of politician and lawyer Louis-Joseph Papineau give full equality of religion to Jews in Canada.
TV season
1995-05-22
Episode 1
1995-05-22 • 1 min
The efforts of politician and lawyer Louis-Joseph Papineau give full equality of religion to Jews in Canada.
Episode 2
1995-05-22 • 1 min
The art of Paul-Émile Borduas and the Quiet Revolution are featured.
Episode 3
1995-05-22 • 1 min
Professional diplomats Georges and Pauline Vanier fight Canadian immigration policy in an attempt to help refugees fleeing Europe in the Second World War.
Episode 4
1995-05-22 • 1 min
Canadian Mennonites devise sustainable agriculture practices that aid the Third World.
Episode 5
1995-05-22 • 1 min
Lawyer, judge, and politician John Matheson looks at candidates for Canada's new flag.
Episode 6
1995-05-22 • 1 min
Native American Chief Sitting Bull seeks refuge in Canada.
Episode 7
1995-05-22 • 1 min
Italian navigator and explorer John Cabot discovers the Grand Banks of Newfoundland and runs "aground" on a bounty of fish.
Episode 8
1995-05-22 • 1 min
The bear of Canadian soldier Harry Colebourn becomes the inspiration for Winnie the Pooh.
Episode 9
1995-05-22 • 1 min
The town of Myrnam, Alberta forms a non-denominational hospital.
Episode 10
1995-05-22 • 1 min
The Bluenose, a ship out of Halifax and an important Canadian symbol in the 1930s, wins its last race.
Episode 11
1995-05-22 • 1 min
Author, artist and physician during World War I John McCrae pens In Flanders Fields.
Episode 12
1995-05-22 • 1 min
The surprise victory of the Paris Crew, a group of unheralded Canadian rowers, at the 1867 World Championships.
Episode 13
1995-05-22 • 1 min
How Nat Taylor invents the multiplex theater.
Episode 14
1995-05-22 • 1 min
December 28, 1944 was moving day for 23 year old Maurice Richard. All day he hefted furniture - including a piano - into his new house. That night he scored 5 goals and 3 assists setting an NHL record
Episode 15
1997-01-12 • 1 min
The development of the Avro Arrow (this Heritage Minute was produced based on the 1996 mini-series "The Arrow").
Episode 16
1997-04-28 • 1 min
The planning of the Montreal International and Universal Exposition called Expo 67 is featured.
Episode 17
1997-05-01 • 1 min
Legal scholar, jurist, and human rights advocate John Humphrey drafts the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Episode 18
1997-05-01 • 1 min
The story of female World War II pilot, Marion Orr.
Episode 19
1997-05-01 • 1 min
A First Nations family teaches early settlers how to make maple syrup.
Episode 20
1997-08-01 • 1 min
Frontier College educates those away from the urban centres.
Episode 21
1997-08-05 • 1 min
Baseball player, Jackie Robinson joins the Montreal Royals on October 23, 1946.
Episode 22
1997-08-05 • 1 min
A look back at the beginning of the Stratford Festival of Canada.
Episode 23
1999-10-01 • 1 min
Englishman Archie Belaney (played by Pierce Brosnan) rises to prominence as a notable author and lecturer after he took on the First Nations identity called Grey Owl. Adapted from the film of the same name.
Episode 24
2000-04-28 • 1 min
Surgeon Lucille Teasdale devotes her life to helping the poor in Africa.
Episode 25
2003-01-01 • 1 min
Author, lecturer and social activist J. S. Woodsworth convinces Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King to introduce old age pensions.